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Does going cashless make you tax-rich? Evidence from India’s demonetisation
During 2014-2017, the share of adults using electronic payments in the developing world increased by over a third, and policymakers have expressed optimism regarding the role of this trend in promotin...
- Lucie Gadenne Tushar Nandi Ross Warwick
- 28 March, 2022
- Articles
In-kind transfers as insurance
Academics and policymakers worldwide are leading the push towards unconditional cash as the preferred mode of transfer from the government to the poor. Yet surveys across countries find that large pro...
- Lucie Gadenne Sam Norris Monica Singhal Sandip Sukhtankar
- 01 March, 2021
- Articles
Taxation and supplier networks: Evidence from India
Do tax systems distort firm-to-firm trade? This article considers the effect of tax policy on supplier networks in the state of West Bengal in India. It finds that on average, firms buy 12% more from ...
- Lucie Gadenne Tushar Nandi Roland Rathelot
- 18 December, 2019
- Articles
Price risk and poverty
There is an ongoing policy debate in India on whether grain entitlements under PDS should be converted into cash transfers. This column shows that in the face of high price variability, in-kind trans...
- Lucie Gadenne Sam Norris Monica Singhal Sandip Sukhtankar
- 15 May, 2017
- Articles
Price risk and poverty
A common feature of markets in many developing economies is a lack of integration. This leads to substantial variation in prices of basic commodities across space, and risk to households from local su...
- Lucie Gadenne Monica Singhal Sandip Sukhtankar
- 31 March, 2017
- IGC Research on India